Hayden patted Kris on the back lightly. “What’s wrong? Are you feeling better now?”
Kris shook her head. Looking up, she caught sight of her own reflection in the mirror. Currently, there was a dazed look on her face as she realized that this had happened on and off recently. Initially, she had assumed that she was just slightly under the weather so she didn’t pay much attention to it. However, this time, it suddenly hit her that it had been more than two months since she had had her period.
Just then, she felt goosebumps all over and she pushed Hayden aside to make her way into the bedroom.
He ran after her frantically. “Kris, what’s wrong? Are you feeling uncomfortable? Let’s go to the hospital right away!”
Kris took a few steps forward in a hurry but as soon as she noticed that Hayden was right at her heels, she stopped in her tracks all of a sudden. And so, Hayden waited in front of her expectantly. She smiled forcefully at him as she muttered, “I’m fine. I think I must have eaten something bad. Why don’t you have breakfast first? I’ll freshen up in the bedroom and I won’t take too long.”
Hayden sighed in relief. “Alright; but I’ll wait for you to have breakfast together.”
At the moment, Kris didn’t have the energy to deal with Hayden despite his tenderness. She turned her back on him and walked toward the bedroom, not forgetting to shut the door behind her. At that instance when she shut the door, she missed the look of contemplation that flashed across the eyes of the man standing close by.
Kris shut the door and immediately rummaged in the drawer where she usually kept her contraceptive pill before she took one out of the packaging and immediately swallowed it. She would usually take preventative measures each time after having intercourse. Naturally, she never forgot to take it each time she was with Gideon because she didn’t want to get pregnant with his child. As for Hayden, he was a considerate lover so he would always remind her every time. However, she bit on her lower lip and she couldn’t quite control her uneasiness now.
After breakfast, Hayden sent Kris to work. Just before turning into the intersection to her office, she requested for him to stop the car at the pharmacy nearby. She told him that she wanted to get some gastric medication but instead, she discreetly bought a pregnancy test kit.
Hayden remained in the same spot after dropping her off at work. He then made his way back to the pharmacy that she had visited earlier and spoke to the woman who served her. “Excuse me, may I know what sort of medication did that pretty lady with waist-length hair, who visited ten minutes ago, bought?
…
Recently, Myra had completely stopped going to work. She had ongoing morning sickness and her baby was quite a fussy one. As such, her troubles with sleeping and eating were quite evident from her sunken, hollow cheeks.
Sebastian and Lisa both felt quite pained to see her suffer. Hence, both of them insisted that Myra stay at the Hart Residence for the time being so that they could take care of her.
As for Tony, he was quite busy recently and his left arm was almost fully recovered. In order to spend more time with Myra, he would usually leave for work late in the morning and come home early in the evening. However, he remained busy with work at home; there were files full of documents on the coffee table and the surrounding carpet on the ground. Leo was always going in and out of the place too. He had also jokingly mentioned to Myra that this current arrangement was too taxing for him and he had insisted on a pay raise.
Myra was mainly at home nowadays and she hardly left the house. Perhaps because of her morning sickness, she couldn’t quite stand the smell inside the car. Every morning after waking up, she would take a walk in the garden with Lisa. After having lunch, she would then take a short nap in the afternoon and after she woke up, she would normally be with Sebastian as they busied themselves with floral arrangements. All in all, her days were usually quite laid-back.
Occasionally, Myra would get phone calls from a couple of unlisted numbers on her cell phone. Normally, she would just ignore them and leave them ringing, or she would just turn her phone on silent. Whoever it was, she never answered the phone. As for her work at the Stark Group, Tilly would occasionally ring her for work-related issues. That happened quite rarely because Myra was on maternity leave right now so with Tilly being her personal assistant, the latter didn’t have much work to do. All she had to do was to follow up on the projects on hand.
To Myra’s surprise, the Walton Family seemed to be lying low lately or to be more specific, Gemma seemed to be keeping a low profile. However, word out there was that she seemed to have realized that she was permanently disfigured and there was a low chance for her to regain her old looks. Based on her personality from before, it was inevitable that she would create a huge scene but surprisingly, she was quite well-behaved recently and kept to herself.
Whenever Myra recalled the incident regarding the police investigation, it didn’t come as a surprise for Gemma to be behaving herself. All of this was most probably because there was a thorough investigation made into the accident. Gemma had undergone a psychiatry assessment in order to avoid prosecution and she publicly announced that she was diagnosed with a mild split personality disorder. She had claimed that she was not in the right state of mind when she attempted to drive her car into Tony’s.
In regard to that incident, the Hart Family had decided to let her off the hook.
It felt as if there was a storm brewing in Bradfort City but at the same time, everything seemed quite normal to the eye.
…
Myra was sunbathing in the garden when news broke regarding the fund embezzlement from the Stark Group’s Green Palms Project. The autumn rays were not too strong so she enjoyed the warm feeling as the rays hit her body when she relaxed in the garden.
It was a rare occasion for Tony to be able to take half the day off, so he made himself comfortable on a chaise lounge next to her and they laid facing each other.
While they were enjoying this cozy moment together, Myra suddenly received a hasty phone call from Cameron on her cell phone. Recently, she had not been keeping track of her phone so as soon as her phone rang, Tony picked it up. He glanced at the phone and revealed a half-smile before swiping right to answer the call. Then, he handed the phone to Myra.
“Hi, who is this?” Although Myra knew who it was on the line, she purposely did that to annoy Cameron.
Tony wrapped his arms around the woman in front of him and he pulled her into a tight embrace. At the moment, he eyes were half-lidded and his thin lips were pursed into a thin line. The golden rays shone down and hit his handsome face; as a result, his originally well-sculpted face became even more attractive. All of a sudden, Myra seemed to have forgotten that she was on the line and she leaned forward to give him a peck on the lips.
He raised his brows upon realizing her action. Gradually, he opened his eyes that were dark as coals and squinted at her. “I would be much happier if you’d kept going for a few more seconds,” he murmured with a smile.
“Pfft!” Myra’s face flushed red and she was slightly embarrassed by her eagerness earlier. She then burrowed herself into his embrace once again before focusing on the person on the line. “What do you need from me?” she asked coldly.
Cameron had already repeated his words twice but then Myra hadn’t paid any attention to him at all while he was talking. Right now, as soon as he heard her words, he had no choice but to lower his voice and repeat the same thing. “Myra, the company needs your help right now.”
“Does it? But I’m currently on maternity leave and you’ve taken charge of mostly everything. I thought Kris was helping you run the company, so why would you need my help?”
At this point, Cameron clearly knew that she was being sarcastic; however, he had no choice but to tolerate it.
The Stark Group was currently in collaboration with the Walton Family to develop the Central Square project, and there was also a deep-sea oil drilling project in the making. All in all, the Stark Group had invested a huge sum of money into those two projects. As such, there was no capital available to replenish the budget deficit of the Green Palms Project. However, the current problem was that if this project flopped, there would be lawsuits for fraud awaiting them—from both their suppliers and clients. As such, Cameron had no other option. He suddenly realized that he could seek help from Myra after being reminded by Kris and Rachel. He knew that right now, Myra was loaded; even if one disregarded her assets, if she could somehow convince the Hart Group to lend a helping hand, then there would no longer be an issue with the project.
“Myra, you must be joking. Kris is just temporarily taking over your position but everything remains yours once you come back from maternity leave. You’re still the general manager and the biggest shareholder of the Stark Group. We’ve hit a snag right now so you can’t just sit by and watch us falter.” Cameron sounded quite sincere with his words.
Just then, Tony couldn’t control his laughter upon noticing Myra’s sudden drastic change in her expression and tone of voice. He pinched her lightly on the nose, which earned him a glare from Myra. At the same time, she casually replied to Cameron, “Tell me what’s going on first.”
